War Halts Television Production!
When World War II began, television sets were just emerging onto the scene. Manufacturers were busy figuring out how to make the television as prevalent as the radio in American households. World War II stopped everything. All commercial production of television equipment was banned for the duration of the war, and TV broadcasting schedules were reduced to a bare minimum. As soon as the war ended in 1945, manufacturers went right back to producing television sets. In 1946, RC